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Financial risk measurement and management

Diebold, Francis X. - 2012

academic research articles one should know in risk measurement and management. Through his central position in financial … Diebold's fascinating compilation summarizes the history of risk management research, focussing on research prior to the … involved in risk management, both in academia and in industry.'--Andrew Lo, MIT Sloan Management, US. This authoritative volume …

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Applied benefit-cost analysis

Schmitz, Andrew (contributor); Zerbe, Richard O. (contributor) - 2008

used in a wide variety of fields including agriculture, life and health, transportation and the environment. In this single …(2), 87-96 -- Timothy L. McDaniels, Robin S. Gregory and Daryl Fields (1999), 'Democratizing Risk Management: Successful … Public Involvement in Local Water Management Decisions', Risk Analysis, 19 (3), 497-510 -- Alvin Ulrich, Hartley Furtan and …

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Strategic behaviour in network industries : a multidisciplinary approach

Heuvelhof, Ernst ten (contributor) - 2009

This in-depth book explains how institutional changes such as the privatization and liberalization of network industries, for example transport, energy or telecommunications, can frequently be disappointing. The expected benefits such as lower prices, innovation and better services fail to...

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Cost-benefit analysis and water resources management

Brouwer, Roy (contributor); … - 2005

1. Introduction -- 2. Economic criteria for water allocation and valuation -- 3. Water as an economic good -- 4. Appraising flood control investments in the UK -- 5. Cost-benefit analysis and flood control policy in the Netherlands -- 6. Cost-benefit analysis of river restoration in Denmark --...

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Cost-benefit analysis and incentives in evaluation : the structural funds of the European Union

Florio, Massimo (contributor) - 2007

This book provides an authoritative contribution to applied cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and other evaluation methods in the context of the regional policy of the European Union. Through the use of Structural Funds and other financial and regulatory mechanisms, the EU will help to promote...

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Cost-benefit analysis and health care evaluations

Brent, Robert J. - 2003

Cost-benefit analysis is the only method of economic evaluation which can effectively indicate whether a health care treatment or intervention is worthwhile. This book attempts to build a bridge between cost-benefit analysis, as developed by economists, and the health care evaluation literature...

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Principles and standards for benefit-cost analysis

Farrow, Scott (contributor); Zerbe, Richard O. (contributor) - 2013

1. An assessment of important issues concerning the application of benefit-cost analysis to social policy / Aidan R. Vining and David L. Weimer -- 2. Toward standardization of benefit-cost analysis of early childhood interventions / Lynn A. Karoly -- 3. Principles and standards for benefit-cost...

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Making the environment count : selected essays of Alan Randall

Randall, Alan - 1999

Making the Environment Count brings together, in one accessible volume, an outstanding selection of Alan Randall's essays published over the past 30 years. It explores ideas on making the environment count from a conceptual perspective and addresses a range of topics pertinent to the study of...

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Environmental policy analysis with limited information : principles and applications of the transfer method

Desvousges, William H.; Johnson, F. Reed; Banzhaf, H. … - 1998

The transfer study, a technique used in cost-benefit analysis, is an increasingly important tool used by government agencies to assess environmental regulatory policy. This innovative book develops protocols for using the transfer method to approach environmental problems and introduces several...

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Cost-benefit analysis and evolutionary computing : optimal scheduling of interactive road projects

Taplin, John H. E. (ed.); Qiu, Min (ed.); … - 2005

This book systematically addresses the issue of interdependence between road projects in a network, when prioritising and scheduling road expansion and maintenance. The book presents substantial applications for both rural and urban projects and to the optimization of maintenance. The authors...

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